Biden sees opp. attack Russia by refusing to ack. Crimea as Russia.

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Russia says F-16s to Ukraine would raise question of NATO involvement

(Reuters) - The transfer of F-16 jets to Ukraine would raise the question of NATO's role in the conflict and would not undermine Russia's military goals, senior Russian diplomats said on Monday.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday endorsed training programs for Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy assured Biden that the aircraft would not be used to go into Russian territory.

"There is no infrastructure for the operation of the F-16 in Ukraine and the needed number of pilots and maintenance personnel is not there either," Russia's ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said in remarks published on the embassy's Telegram messaging channel.

"What will happen if the American fighters take off from NATO airfields, controlled by foreign 'volunteers'?"

Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said any transfer of the U.S. jets to Ukraine would be "absolutely pointless and stupid", state-owned news agency RIA reported.

"These efforts are completely useless and meaningless: our capabilities are such that all the goals of the special military operation will certainly be achieved", Ryabkov was cited by RIA as saying, using Moscow's preferred term for the conflict.

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Antonov also said that any Ukrainian strike on the Crimea region would be considered a strike on Russia.

"It is important that the United States be fully aware of the Russian response", Antonov said.

Ukraine has intensified its strikes on Russian-held targets especially on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

Antonov also reiterated a Russian accusation against the United States of subjecting Western countries to its agenda.

"Washington completely subordinated the G7 members to its own policy regarding the conflict in Ukraine," Antonov said, adding that the United States wanted a "strategic defeat" for Russia.

read more:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russia-says-f-16-transfer-002233343.html

Biden: Zelenskiy promised Ukraine won't use F-16's in Russia

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/othe...use-f-16-planes-to-go-into-russia/ar-AA1btbEM

Biden still thinks Crimea and the four integrated oblasts of the East are Ukraine, not Russia. This means we're quite likely on the path to direct combat with Russia on Russian land.

 

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Is the Upcoming US/NATO Exercise “Air Defender 23” a Cover for an Attack on Russia?

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In the days following, Russian military operations have intensified long-range missile attacks targeting anti-aircraft defence complexes, rail marshalling yards, fuel and ammunition stocks, equipment parks, and reserve assembly areas in the west of the Ukraine, including Khmelnitsky, Rivne, Zhitomir, and Lvov. The scope of targeting goes beyond the Electric War of previous months, a NATO forces veteran comments. “It’s now a full-on campaign. Now that the US/NATO air defence has proven to be useless against Russian strike capabilities, I expect them to take to the sky. It’s all they have left.”

The source agrees with retired US military experts in the alternative media who do not believe that supplying old F-16 aircraft to Kiev adds significant air defence or air attack capability against Russia. The F-16s for the Ukraine are a deception, camouflage for a much deeper NATO attack plan, the source warns. “How about the F-16s being cover for US F-22s or other US aircraft in Romanian or Polish airspace, firing stand- off weapons?”

This is now the looming Russia-attack threat of the Ramstein “exercises”; these are scheduled to run from June 12 to June 24. Japan is one of the non-member state NATO “partners” officially acknowledged to be participating; Ukraine is not mentioned in the NATO press releases.

full:

https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/20...-defender-23-a-cover-for-an-attack-on-russia/

More on Air Defender 2023
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/nato-will-hold-its-biggest-air-exercise-in-history-this-summer
https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-04-21/air-defender-nato-air-force-9873094.html

 

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Senate given 50 emergency satellite phones for possible situation.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/20...te-phones-for-emergency-communication-report/

 

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This war is a proxy war, not a global conflict. Don't expect a direct conflict with Russia.

Sat phones are pointless in this age. Every superpower has the capability to take down the opposing superpowers satellites and that would be a first step to interrupt communications along with air busting a nuke for an EMP.

 

[Snowball]

This war is a proxy war, not a global conflict. Don't expect a direct conflict with Russia.

Sat phones are pointless in this age. Every superpower has the capability to take down the opposing superpowers satellites and that would be a first step to interrupt communications along with air busting a nuke for an EMP.

DHS disagrees.

"Satellite mobile phones can help maintain command and control functions during an emergency when existing communications networks are not functioning. These phones are designed to be relatively rugged and simple to operate, but are more expensive than cell phones to buy and use."

"An advisory from the Department of Homeland Security said satellite phones are used to “coordinate response and recovery efforts in remote areas, where there are no landline or cellular telephone networks, or in areas where existing networks are damaged or overloaded during a natural disaster (e.g., severe weather or earthquake) or a man-made incident, including potential chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive events.”

Senate Sergeant at Arms Karen Gibson told the Senate Appropriations Committee that satellite communication will “ensure a redundant and secure means of communication during a disruptive event,” adding that the phones will support security measures during an emergency that “takes out communications” in the United States.

all parts of above article.